This week around the world

A Belarussian interior ministry officer jumps over an obstacle with his guard dog as they take part in a show of skills competition ahead of the ministry's 60th anniversary.

A child jumps on the waste products that are used to make poultry feed as she plays in a tannery at Hazaribagh in Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Magician David Blaine channels bolts of electricity from various tesla coils charged with one million volts of electricity during a stunt on Pier 54 in New York. Blaine hopes to stand in the same position for 72 hours.

A dancer performs during Taiwan's National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei.

A view of the R Premadasa stadium at sunset through a hole in the scoreboard before the world Twenty20 final between Sri Lanka and the West Indies.

Pensioners Carmen Ruiz, 82, and her husband Francisco Arias, 83, cry as they listen to a speech during a protest against further tax hikes and austerity cuts in Malaga, southern Spain.

The installation 'Sheltered position' of German artist Sabine Reyer shows one hundred Barbie dolls dressed with burkas at the Ruhr-Biennale in Dortmund, Germany.

Competitors taking part in the World Hickory Open Golf Championship celebrate together after making a putt in Monifeith, east Scotland.

People look at the remains of a Sudanese military plane after it crashed at the North Korodofan State border near the capital Khartoum.

The shadow of a farmer is cast on the ground as she dries out rice paddy grains in the sun at Bungamati village in Lalitpur, Nepal.

Members of the Free Syrian Army are seen at a front line in al-Mid area in Aleppo city in northern Syria.

A protester taunts riot policemen in Syntagma Square in Athens during a violent protest against the visit of Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel. Tuesday to greet German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who offered sympathy but no promise of further aid on her first visit since the euro crisis erupted three years ago.

Red paint thrown by demonstrators is seen splattered on the Central Bank of Greece building during a protest in central Athens.

Amazonian Indians, fishermen and local residents react as a helicopter flies over them as they block heavy machinery being used to construct the Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in protest against what they call the violation of their rights, in Vitoria do Xingu near Altamira, Brazil.

US Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop at the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Sidney, Ohio.

US President Barack Obama pauses while speaking at an Obama Victory Fund concert, at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco.

A drug addict is reflected on a mirror as he sits at The Mother Camp, a part of the Taj Begum (Woman's Crown) restaurant in Kabul, Afghanistan.